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Right ventricular lead migration to the abdominal cavity: a case report of an unexpected journey
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 4, April 2025, ytaf179, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaf179
Published: 10 April 2025
... against potential complications. Pacemaker lead Complication Lead perforation Colon Case Report NHS 10.13039/100030827 Learning points • Rare cases of pacemaker lead migration to extracardiac structures require early recognition and a multidisciplinary approach to balance procedural risks...
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Optimal site of pacemaker lead implantation for persistent atrial standstill guided by electroanatomical mapping following a cox-maze procedure: a case report
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2024, ytae647, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytae647
Published: 02 December 2024
...) and electroanatomical mapping (EAM) to identify surviving atrial sites amenable for pacemaker lead implantation. Case summary A 72-year-old man with persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial functional mitral regurgitation/tricuspid regurgitation (MR/TR) underwent a Cox-Maze surgery, mitral and tricuspid valve...
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A rare complication of intracardiac double knotting of temporary pacemaker lead during bedside insertion: a case report
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2024, ytae623, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytae623
Published: 28 November 2024
... pacemaker lead was found to have two knots, one in Right Atrium and one in Superior Vena Cava ( Figure 2 ). Intracardiac knotting of temporary pacing lead is not a frequently encountered complication. Knotting can occur with various other devices like cardiac catheters (which have a central lumen...
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Pacemaker lead extraction saved a severe lead-induced tricuspid regurgitation: a case report
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 11, November 2024, ytae560, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytae560
Published: 18 October 2024
... of the tricuspid regurgitation: 3 m/s, pressure gradient across tricuspid valves: 35 mmHg; the right atria size: 39 cm2, the left atria size: 22.8 cm2). Abstract Background Pacemaker lead-induced tricuspid regurgitation is a common complication after cardiac implantable electronic device...
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Two ‘firsts’ in a patient with tricuspid valve infective endocarditis following edge-to-edge repair: a case report
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2024, ytae181, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytae181
Published: 17 April 2024
... inoperable patients. With the rise of interventional treatment, new challenges face long-term follow-up and treatment after percutaneous repair. This case report underscores the feasibility of endovascular pacemaker lead implantation after T-TEER, while it points to the risk of device-related tricuspid valve...
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Pacemaker lead rupture in a patient with subacute endocarditis: a case report
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 6, Issue 2, February 2022, ytac054, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytac054
Published: 07 February 2022
... replacement. Discovery of complete ventricular lead rupture on chest X-ray (normal 40 days prior). PET-CT confirms persistent pacemaker leads and box infection. Lead explantation is postponed indefinitely and the patient is discharged home on a long-term antibiotic. Late October Critically ill...
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Case series of late lead dislodgement of Medtronic SelectSecure 3830 pacing leads in growing paediatric patients
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 5, Issue 2, February 2021, ytaa545, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa545
Published: 12 January 2021
... Paediatric pacing Pacemaker lead failure Late lead dislodgement Congenital heart block A 15-year-old girl who was born prematurely at 30 weeks of gestation and was noted postnatally to have 2:1 atrioventricular block. She was subsequently diagnosed with CHB at 14 weeks of age with positive maternal anti...
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Case report: recurrent thrombosis of an old lead of a DDDR pacemaker mimicking lead infection
European Heart Journal - Case Reports, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2018, yty063, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/yty063
Published: 26 May 2018
... the possibility of a false negative 18F-FDG PET/CT scan. Nevertheless, the finding of lung uptake for FDG cannot be interpreted reliably. Except advanced age, there were no other apparent provocable cause of that recurrent thrombosis. In conclusion, this report shows that (i) pacemaker-lead thrombosis...
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Non-laser percutaneous extraction of pacemaker and defibrillation leads: a decade of progress
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 19, Issue 9, September 2017, Pages 1521–1526, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euw162
Published: 17 May 2017
... sheath Evolution® RL ICD leads ICD lead extraction Pacemaker lead extraction What's new? Mechanical lead extraction using the Evolution® Mechanical Dilator Sheath and the Evolution® RL is a safe, efficient, and effective approach transvenous lead extraction. Lead extraction by non-laser...
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The Needle's Eye Snare as a primary tool for pacing lead extraction
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 15, Issue 7, July 2013, Pages 1007–1012, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eus426
Published: 30 December 2012
... with a better cutting edge were available. Pacemaker lead Lead extraction Femoral approach Needle's Eye Snare What's new? The use of the femoral route as the primary approach to pacing lead extraction in consecutive patients in a larger cohort of patients. The results are stratified according...
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Value of right ventricular–left ventricular interlead electrical delay to predict reverse remodelling in cardiac resynchronization therapy: the INTER-V pilot study
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 12, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 78–83, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eup347
Published: 06 November 2009
... obtained during RV and LV pacing predicts mid-term CRT response. Cardiac resynchronization therapy Biventricular pacing Heart failure Pacing Electrograms Pacemaker lead position Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is established treatment of drug-refractory heart failure and left ventricular (LV...
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Eight years of left ventricle pacing due to inadvertent malposition of a transvenous pacemaker lead in the left ventricle Get access
European Journal of Echocardiography, Volume 9, Issue 6, November 2008, Pages 825–827, https://doi.org/10.1093/ejechocard/jen187
Published: 19 June 2008
..., with an ejection fraction of 52% and a moderate leak of the mitral and tricuspid valves. Because the trace of the pacemaker lead could not be followed, alternative echo windows were used on the lower intercostals, revealing an abnormal route of the migrated pacemaker lead: from the right atrium, the lead passed...
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Brachiocephalic vein perforation on three-dimensional computed tomography
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2007, Pages 74–75, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eul133
Published: 01 January 2007
... Three-dimensional computed tomography Pacemaker lead © The European Society of Cardiology 2007. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: [email protected] 2007 24 8 2006 3 10 2006 * Corresponding author. Tel: +81 859 38 6517 ; fax: +81 859 38 6519 . E...
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Closure of the subclavian artery puncture site with a percutaneous suture device after removal of an arterial pacemaker lead
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 8, Issue 12, December 2006, Pages 1070–1072, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/eul129
Published: 10 November 2006
...: a method to achieve hemostasis when removing an inadvertently placed pacemaker lead from the subclavian artery Pacing Clin Electrophysiol 1998 21 2673 76 5 Berlet HM Steffen D Shaughness G Hanner J Closure using a surgical closure device of inadvertent subclavian artery...
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Clinical surveillance of a tined, bipolar, silicone-insulated ventricular pacing lead
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 8, Issue 2, February 2006, Pages 118–121, https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euj029
Published: 09 January 2006
... lead material failures over 5 years of follow-up. However, there seems to be a relatively high incidence of connector damage during disconnection from the connector block. Extra caution is required during those procedures in patients with this lead. Pacemaker lead Pacemaker follow-up Lead...
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Suspected pacemaker or defibrillator transvenous lead infection: Prospective assessment of a TEE-guided therapeutic strategy
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European Heart Journal, Volume 24, Issue 19, 1 October 2003, Pages 1779–1787, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehj.2003.07.006
Published: 01 October 2003
... be proposed to patients with bacteraemia but without abnormal images at TEE provided prolonged antibiotic treatment is given. Pacemaker lead infection Transoesophageal echocardiography Bacteraemia Infection of a chronically implanted intracardiac lead (cardiac pacemaker or defibrillator) is a rare...
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Early pacemaker twiddler syndrome
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 5, Issue 3, July 2003, Pages 279–281, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1099-5129(03)00032-1
Published: 01 July 2003
... formation around the pulse generator. Twiddler's syndrome pacemaker lead dislodgment A 91-year-old woman, young for her age, was referred for pacemaker implantation due to third degree atrioventricular (AV) block and sinus bradycardia. Ten years earlier the patient had undergone surgery for a tumour...
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Removal of superfluous ICD leads
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 4, Issue 1, January 2002, Pages 25–26, https://doi.org/10.1053/eupc.2001.0216
Published: 01 January 2002
..., Fort Lauderdale, FL; University of Miami
School of Medicine, Miami, FL, U.S.A.
Key Words: Pacemaker lead extraction, defibrillator lead extraction.
The article ‘Malfunction of endocardial defibrillator Implanted pacemaker and ICD leads...
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Pacing lead entanglement in the tricuspid valve appartus during implantation
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EP Europace
EP Europace, Volume 1, Issue 3, July 1999, Page 201, https://doi.org/10.1053/eupc.1999.0040
Published: 01 July 1999
... counter-traction.
that there was a significant risk of avulsion of the valve or
the right ventricle. The lead was eventually extracted with Key Words: Pacemaker lead, lead extraction, tricuspid
counter-traction applied with a subclavian lead extraction valve.
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Lead management Get access
Jean Claude Deharo
Published: 01 July 2018
... redundancy, and venous issues, are a major matter of concern. This chapter discusses the technological aspects related to lead performance, the medical management of lead-related issues, and the present status of lead extraction. pacemaker lead defibrillator lead lead extraction lead management...
